It will be a sadder Christmas for Rick Campanelli and his family this year as they celebrate their first Christmas without family matriarch Antoinette, who passed away over the summer. Antoinette was the heart of the Campanelli family holidays. She prepared everything from the gifts to decorating the family home in Hamilton, Ont., and, of course, cooked Christmas brunch and dinner. The whole family rallied around Antoinette’s love for Christmas.
Christmas is a time of sharing, and what better thing to share than our faith? The following are some of the books suitable for Christmas giving that can teach youngsters some of the tenets of the Catholic faith.
Just in time for Christmas, the Vatican is reminding the world just how Jewish the Christian religion really is.
Catholic Family Services making sure everyone is involved at Christmas
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register
Christmas is a celebration of the family, which is why Catholic Family Services offices across the country are working hard to ensure that it is a merry season for everyone.
Dufferin-Peel board names Mazzorato as its new director of education
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - Marianne Mazzorato has been named new director of education for the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board.
Editor’s note: this is an edited version of a blog entry Oriana Bertucci, director of Ryerson Catholic Campus Ministry, shared about what campus ministries offer to students in the Archdiocese of Toronto. It originally appeared at archtoronto.org.
University campuses represent the fertile landscape of our society, nurturing culture and giving root to our future world leaders. This is where research and technology develop and emergent ideas flourish. And today, it’s a place in desperate need of the life-giving water of the Gospel message.
Despite shuttering its doors and selling its campus in 1969, St. Dunstan’s University is still maintaining the presence of Catholic education on Prince Edward Island.
Last year Pope Francis told writers Andrea Tornielli and Giacomo Galeazzi, “This economy kills.” This year Ottawa’s Saint Paul University is launching a practical program in techniques for building a different kind of economy.
TORONTO - Angelo Minardi aims to help students at the University of St. Michael’s College find a sense of community within St. Basil’s parish.
King’s University College is bringing some international flavour to its southwestern Ontario campus.
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With 150 years of Catholic education under its belt, St. Jerome’s University is celebrating the school year with a new vision.
When the Apostles first set out to evangelize to the world, they stood in public squares to preach about the Kingdom of God and Jesus’ resurrection. But today, Brian Holdsworth said the new public squares are on the Internet and this is where the Church must be.
Read our three-part special report from Africa here:
PART 1 - AFRICA'S FORGOTTEN REFUGEES
- 21st century being shaped by the plight of refugees
- Canadian Jesuit's work embodies vision of Pedro Arrupe
- Refugees play the waiting game
PART 2 - FEEDING THE HUNGRY
- Nomadic African life dies of thirst
- D&P goes back to the basics
- Horn of Africa facing worst drought in 60 years
PART 3 - THE CHURCH
- Africa takes its place in universal Church
- Ethiopians yearn for religious experience
Updated 03/09/15
TORONTO - The constituency offices of Ontario Liberal MPPs came under siege Sept. 2 as protesters opposed to the province's new sex-ed curriculum united to voice their displeasure with the program set to be taught in schools this year.